IFC Calls on Health Providers to Adopt Ethical Principles to Promote Improved Care and Access

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has launched an initiative to strengthen health systems by encouraging providers, payors, and investors to adopt a set of 10 ethical principles that can help guide decision-making and improve access to quality, affordable care for all. The initiative, known as EPiHC (Ethical Principles in Health Care), was developed  in collaboration with the World Bank and supports the World Bank Group’s commitment to universal health coverage. The principles laid out by EPiHC cover the primary issues that health care organizations need to address…

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